Lawyer gets naked for trans rights in Russia

THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — Transgender Russian lawyer Masha Bast has been mentioned a number of times in this space as she battles Russian President Vladimir Putin for transgender and LGBT rights in a country where trans rights are few.

For TDOR this year, she stripped off her clothes to bring attention to trans murders and persecution by Russian security services — the FSB. Putin can’t easily dismiss Bast, because for one thing, she’s chair of the Association of Russian Lawyers for Human Rights.

Bast speaking to Gay Star News: ‘Transgender people mostly keep silent in Russia and those who don’t keep silent are the target of this persecution. We are considered enemies and terrorists because we are transgender.’

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To Masha Bast, I say: you go girl! This is one brave trans woman and one heck of a role model for trans activists around the world!